Nave’s Topical Bible
Music
144 Bible references
Sub-topics and passages
- Teachers of
- Physical effect of, on man
- Discoursed during the offering of sacrifices
- Precentor
- Chief musician
- Chambers for musicians in the temple, in Ezekiel's vision
- In heaven
- INSTRUMENTS OF
- Invented by Jubal
- Invented by David
1 Chronicles 23:5; 2 Chronicles 7:6; 2 Chronicles 29:26; Amos 6:5
- Made by Solomon
- Made by Tyrians
- CORNET
See TRUMPET
CYMBAL
See CYMBAL
- DULCIMER, a double pipe
- FLUTE
- GITTITH, a stringed instrument
HARP
See HARP
- ORGAN, probably composed of pipes furnishing a number of Notes
PIPE
See PIPE
PSALTERY
See PSALTERY
- SACKBUT, a harp
TABRET
See TIMBREL
TIMBREL, a tambourine
See TIMBREL
TRUMPET
See TRUMPET
- VIOL, a lyre
SYMBOLS USED IN
- ALAMOTH
(Literally virgins)
- A musical term which appears in
- And in the title of
(It seems to indicate the rendering of the song by female Voices, possibly soprano)
AL-TASCHITH
- It appears in the titles of
(it seems to have been used to indicate the kind of ode, or the kind of melody in which the ode should be sung.)
- HIGGAION
- (According to Gesenius, it signifies the murmuring tone of a harp, and hence that the music should be rendered in a plaintive manner.)
- (Combined with "Selah," it may have been intended to indicate a pause in the vocal music while the instruments rendered an interlude.)
(Mendelssohn translates it "meditation, thought." Hence, the music was to be rendered in a mode to promote devout meditation.)
MAKALATH, MASCHIL, LEANNOTH
- These terms are found in the titles of
(Authorities grope in darkness as to their signification. They may indicate the instruments to be played, or the melody to be sung)
MASCHIL
- This musical sign occurs in the titles of
Psalms 32:1; Psalms 42:1; Psalms 44:1; Psalms 45:1; Psalms 52:1; Psalms 53:1; Psalms 54:1; Psalms 55:1; Psalms 74:1; Psalms 78:1; Psalms 88:1; Psalms 89:1; Psalms 142:1
(The meaning is obscure. But its signification where it occurs elsewhere than in the titles of Psalms is equivalent to the English word "instruction," or to become wise by instruction; hence, Psalms 47:7 : "Sing ye praises with understanding.")
MICAHTAM
- A musical term in the titles of
Psalms 16:1; Psalms 56:1; Psalms 57:1; Psalms 58:1; Psalms 59:1; Psalms 60:1
(Luther interprets this as "golden," that is, "precious." Ewald interprets it as signifying a plaintive manner.)
MUTH-LABBEN
- In the title of
(Authorities, ancient and modern, differ as to the probable signification. Gesenius and De Wette interpret it, "with the voice of virgins, by boys." Others derive the word from a different Hebrew root, and interpret it as indicating that the Psalm was a funeral ode.)
NEGINAH and NEGINOTH
- Appear in the titles of
Psalms 4:1; Psalms 54:1; Psalms 55:1; Psalms 61:1; Psalms 67:1; Habakkuk 3:19
(Its use seems to have been to indicate that the song should be accompanied by stringed instruments.)
NEHILOTH
- Appears in the title of
(It seems to indicate, according to Gesenius, that when this Psalm was sung it was to be accompanied by wind instruments.)
SELAH
(This term appears frequently in the Psalms. Its use is not known. Possibly it signified a pause in the vocal music while an instrumental interlude or finale was rendered.)
SHEMINITH
- In the titles of
(Translated "eighth," probably indicates the measure, Movement, or pitch.)
SHIGGAION
- In the title of
- And its plural, SHIGIONOTH, in the title of
(Supposed to be a musical term to guide in rendering the song. At the close of the chapter, the author refers the ode "to the chief musician, on my stringed instruments." The term may suggest the movement in interpreting the music set to it.)
SHOSHANNIM and SHUSHAN-EDUTH
- In the titles to
(Seems to indicate the manner in which these Psalms were to be rendered. Kimchi, Tremellius, and Eichhorn render it "hexachorda," that is, that in singing these Psalms instruments of six strings were to accompany.)
- UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO
Genesis 31:27; Exodus 15:1,20-21; Exodus 21:17-20; Judges 5:1-3; Judges 11:34; 1 Samuel 18:6-7; 2 Samuel 19:35; 1 Kings 1:40; 1 Chronicles 6:31-32; 1 Chronicles 15:16-22,24,27-28; 1 Chronicles 16:4-39,41-42; 1 Chronicles 22:3,5-6,27,30; 1 Chronicles 25:1,5-8; 2 Chronicles 5:12-13; 2 Chronicles 20:19,21-22,28; 2 Chronicles 23:13,18; 2 Chronicles 29:25-28; 2 Chronicles 31:2; 2 Chronicles 35:15,25; Ezra 2:64; Ezra 3:10-11; Nehemiah 12:24,27-31; Job 21:12; Job 30:31; Psalms 33:1-4; Psalms 68:4,25-26,32-35; Psalms 81:1-3; Psalms 87:7; Psalms 92:1-3; Psalms 95:1-2; Psalms 98:1-8; Psalms 104:33; Psalms 105:2; Psalms 135:1-3; Psalms 137:1-6; Psalms 144:9; Psalms 149:1-3,6; Psalms 150:1-6; Proverbs 25:20; Ecclesiastes 2:8; Isaiah 5:12; Isaiah 14:11; Isaiah 16:10; Isaiah 23:16; Isaiah 24:8-9; Isaiah 30:29,32; Jeremiah 31:4; Ezekiel 26:13; Ezekiel 33:32; Daniel 3:4,6-7; Amos 6:5; Amos 8:10; Matthew 9:23; Matthew 11:17; Mark 14:26; 1 Corinthians 14:15; Ephesians 5:19; Colossians 3:16; Hebrews 2:12; Revelation 14:2-3; Revelation 18:22
See PRAISE
See PSALMS
Bible verses about “Music”
The first verses cited, in the King James Version.
- 1 Chronicles 15:22And Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was for song: he instructed about the song, because he was skilful.
- 1 Chronicles 25:7So the number of them, with their brethren that were instructed in the songs of the Lord, even all that were cunning, was two hundred fourscore and eight.
- 1 Chronicles 25:8And they cast lots, ward against ward, as well the small as the great, the teacher as the scholar.
- 2 Chronicles 23:13And she looked, and, behold, the king stood at his pillar at the entering in, and the princes and the trumpets by the king: and all the people of the land rejoiced, and sounded with trumpets, also the singers with instruments of musick, and such as taught to sing praise. Then Athaliah rent her clothes, and said, Treason, Treason.
- 1 Samuel 6:15And the Levites took down the ark of the Lord, and the coffer that was with it, wherein the jewels of gold were, and put them on the great stone: and the men of Beth–shemesh offered burnt offerings and sacrificed sacrifices the same day unto the Lord.
- 1 Samuel 6:16And when the five lords of the Philistines had seen it, they returned to Ekron the same day.
- 2 Chronicles 29:27And Hezekiah commanded to offer the burnt offering upon the altar. And when the burnt offering began, the song of the Lord began also with the trumpets, and with the instruments ordained by David king of Israel.
- 2 Chronicles 29:28And all the congregation worshipped, and the singers sang, and the trumpeters sounded: and all this continued until the burnt offering was finished.
- Nehemiah 12:42And Maaseiah, and Shemaiah, and Eleazar, and Uzzi, and Jehohanan, and Malchijah, and Elam, and Ezer. And the singers sang loud, with Jezrahiah their overseer.
- Habakkuk 3:19The Lord God is my strength, and he will make my feet like hinds’ feet, and he will make me to walk upon mine high places. To the chief singer on my stringed instruments.
- Ezekiel 40:44And without the inner gate were the chambers of the singers in the inner court, which was at the side of the north gate; and their prospect was toward the south: one at the side of the east gate having the prospect toward the north.
- Revelation 5:8And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints.
- Revelation 5:9And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation;
- Revelation 14:2And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder: and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps:
- Revelation 14:3And they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders: and no man could learn that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth.
- Revelation 15:2And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire: and them that had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, and over the number of his name, stand on the sea of glass, having the harps of God.
- Revelation 15:3And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints.
- Genesis 4:21And his brother’s name was Jubal: he was the father of all such as handle the harp and organ.
- 1 Chronicles 23:5Moreover four thousand were porters; and four thousand praised the Lord with the instruments which I made, said David, to praise therewith.
- 2 Chronicles 7:6And the priests waited on their offices: the Levites also with instruments of musick of the Lord, which David the king had made to praise the Lord, because his mercy endureth for ever, when David praised by their ministry; and the priests sounded trumpets before them, and all Israel stood.
- 2 Chronicles 29:26And the Levites stood with the instruments of David, and the priests with the trumpets.
- Amos 6:5That chant to the sound of the viol, and invent to themselves instruments of musick, like David;
- 1 Kings 10:12And the king made of the almug trees pillars for the house of the Lord, and for the king’s house, harps also and psalteries for singers: there came no such almug trees, nor were seen unto this day.
- 2 Chronicles 9:11And the king made of the algum trees terraces to the house of the Lord, and to the king’s palace, and harps and psalteries for singers: and there were none such seen before in the land of Judah.
- Ecclesiastes 2:8I gathered me also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings and of the provinces: I gat me men singers and women singers, and the delights of the sons of men, as musical instruments, and that of all sorts.
- Ezekiel 28:13Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created.
- Daniel 3:5That at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye fall down and worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king hath set up:
- Daniel 3:7Therefore at that time, when all the people heard the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and all kinds of musick, all the people, the nations, and the languages, fell down and worshipped the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.
- Daniel 3:10Thou, O king, hast made a decree, that every man that shall hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, shall fall down and worship the golden image:
- Daniel 3:15Now if ye be ready that at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye fall down and worship the image which I have made; well: but if ye worship not, ye shall be cast the same hour into the midst of a burning fiery furnace; and who is that God that shall deliver you out of my hands?
- Job 21:12They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ.
- Job 30:31My harp also is turned to mourning, and my organ into the voice of them that weep.
- Psalms 150:4Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs.
- Isaiah 5:12And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and wine, are in their feasts: but they regard not the work of the Lord, neither consider the operation of his hands.
- Isaiah 14:11Thy pomp is brought down to the grave, and the noise of thy viols: the worm is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee.
- Amos 5:23Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not hear the melody of thy viols.
- 1 Chronicles 15:20And Zechariah, and Aziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, and Eliab, and Maaseiah, and Benaiah, with psalteries on Alamoth;
- Psalms 46:1God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
- Psalms 57:1Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me: for my soul trusteth in thee: yea, in the shadow of thy wings will I make my refuge, until these calamities be overpast.
- Psalms 58:1Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?